Military service "not for our kind of people"

[joanne]

I really can understand a parent not wanting their son or daughter to enlist, but nevertheless this woman's comment is disgusting.

Support the troops? I think NOT.

Staff Sgt. Jason Rivera, 26, a Marine recruiter in Pittsburgh, went to the home of a high school student who had expressed interest in joining the Marine Reserve to talk to his parents.

"I want you to know we support you," she gushed.

Rivera soon reached the limits of her support.

"Military service isn't for our son. It isn't for our kind of people," she told him.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05223/552161.stm

[DinahMoeHum]

1. IOW, "Military troops NOCD" - Not Our Class, Dear.

:sarcasm:

[IrateCitizen]

2. Dupe thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4314130

[ComerPerro]

3. What kind of people is it for?

[joanne]

6. Poor people of course

All Repukes are excluded.

Of course they do support the troops though. Dont you see all those bumper stickers?

[madeline_con]

14. People of color who need college money...

and have little economic choice.

At least, that's who the ads seem to be aimed at. :shrug:

[deutsey]

4. That class sentiment has been around for a while

Wealthy people could actually buy their way out of serving during the Civil War.

[Captain Hilts]

5. Like Cheney, they have "other priorities." Nice to have the choice. (nt)

[Kerrytravelers]

7. Typical. Adorned in flags, but service is for "those kind of people."

Ten bucks she's part of the 101st Keyboard Brigade.

[I Have A Dream]

8. I saw this in the Post-Gazette yesterday. It was on the front page.

At least it was put in the article. I've been pretty happy with the Post-Gazette's coverage of this entire debacle. (It's not been perfect, but it's been better than most newspapers' coverage.)

Her statement is what many, many affluent people feel. I just want to slap them in the faces. They support the "war" as long as they're not impacted in any way. F*ck them! x(

[evilqueen]

9. There's even more to it than that....

Military service isn't for our son. It isn't for our kind of people.

"This on the same day as the wire story about five more members of the Pennsylvania National Guard killed in Iraq. The state is mourning seven Guardsmen killed within a week. The dead include a firefighter, a cop, and a cop's kid. Public servants. Not "our kind," dear? Who's supporting whom?" (Michelle Pilecki @ HuffingtonPost.com)

[OhioChick]

10. Let the poor fight the wars,

so "our kind" can benefit from them. $$$$

[pointblank]

11. Thanks

but I gave at the office.

:eyes:

[steve2470]

12. Check out this logic from a post here last night (in response to mine)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4321497#4321635

steve2470: With all due respect and with complete sincerity on my part...would you sacrifice one of your kids or family members for that cause ? If you can honestly say yes to that, then you have my respect. I still disagree with you. (I should have said if he/she would go, I would respect her/him)

Perky: of course not
Becaude the cause is not just.
Not by any strectch
We broke theri country. and now we don't have the capacity to fix it.

[LibDemAlways]

13. I graduated from high school in 1970.

As the 30th reunion was approaching, an acquaintance asked me if there would be a tribute to the guys who "fought and perhaps died in Vietnam." She obviously didn't know anything about Palos Verdes Estates, CA, a wealthy repuke suburb of Los Angeles where everyone went to college and knew how to circumvent the draft. Out of my class of over 600, I only know of two guys who served in the army and one in the navy -- all voluntarily entered officer's training after college. And all three are alive to recount their experiences.